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North Korea’s pre-Covid economy had increasingly centered on black markets selling goods smuggled from China or under-the-table local goods—and with it the rise of a “donju” merchant class who made their wealth outside state control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Human color vision is based on three types of cone cells, which are centered around red, blue, and green.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Roberge argues that the trade centered on “momentum” stocks—shares that have risen sharply and attracted increasing investor attention—had become excessively crowded.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Much of Schrader’s keynote centered on an experiment he recently conducted with ChatGPT, asking the platform to generate a screenplay idea in his own style.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Decoded, the letters revealed a German plot that centered on India.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield